Stump and root puller.



No. 881,657. PATENTED MAR. 10, 1908.

c. BITTNBR. STUMP AND ROOT FULLER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20.1907.

INVENTOI? Gzards $621902? CHARLES BITTNER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

STUMP AND ROOT PULLER.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be-it known that '1, Cinemas BITTNER, a subject of the German Emperor, residing at New York, in-the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stump and Root Pullers, of which the following is a specifica tion. p

This invention relates to stumps and root pullers and to that class which is more par.

ticularly adapted to pull up and remove the stumps and roots of weeds and brush as will be more fully described in the following speci I fication, set forth in the claims and illustrated in the drawing where it will be seen that like reference numerals are employed to designate the same parts in the several-figs ures. 1

- Figure 1 is a perspective view-of the imroved device in o )eration. Fig. 2 is an enarged side view 0 the lower end of same.

The device is portable and adapted to.be operated by a single person, being composed of a lever 5 somewhat higher than the operator for the purpose of affording greater leverage when at work and this lever at its lower end is provided with a metal spur or point '6 which either is forced into the stump to be removed or finds its way between the spreading roots 'to thereby engage the stump.

A short distance above. the back of the point is a rocker or curved frame 7 which is the fulcrum of the lever when in operation and is braced by a crosspiece 8. A forked hook 9 is pivoted to the lever 5 by means of the bolt 10 and is adjustable by means of the perforations 11 inthe hook and the holes 12 1n the lever. This hook is adapted to work in conjunction with the point 6 and engage theopposite side of the stump or root and grips it firmly when the upper end of the le- Specification of Letters Patent. Application med April 20, 1907. Serial No. 369,281. 1

Patented March 10, 1908.

] ver 5 is drawn down and when-the for exerted on the rocker 7 the firmly gripping the stump or root, but arlir point and h 0k are not only drawn closer together l ward'movement is produced by the eccen tric action of.the'rocker*and the root or stuin 1s drawn from the ground. In case the l v er is of greater height than the operator a l'kilnk 13 with hand socket 14 is'attached to the pper end and greater leverage is secured; by ap lying the force at that point. t is obvious that other means may b sorted to, to secure increased leverage Did that various modifications may be reso ted to in the construction and arrangemen of the details of the invention without dep rting from the essential features above scribed. What I' claim as new and desire to se me by Letters Patent is? In a stump and root tion'with a lever havin spaced apertures at one end, of a forked hoo havinga bifurcated cular portion. I

In testimony whereof, I affix my signatureln presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES BITTNER.

Witnesses:

ALFRED E. SOHAEFER, BERTHA SCHAEFER.

end and apertures in the bifurcations tlere puller, the comb na- I portion and a straight portion forming a race for the free extremity of the semi-cir-, 

